1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/makedist.py b/cpp/makedist.py
index d449de3b8c4..bec21b79e86 100755
--- a/cpp/makedist.py
+++ b/cpp/makedist.py
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ if verbose:
     quiet = "v"
 else:
     quiet = ""
+os.system("chmod -R u+rw,go+r . " + icever)
+os.system("find " + icever + " -type d -exec chmod a+x {} \\;")
 os.system("tar c" + quiet + "f " + icever + ".tar " + icever)
 os.system("gzip -9 " + icever + ".tar")
 if verbose: